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Jericho Zigs did not look like someone who'd be a computer sciences major with a minor in special effects and movie production. He looked like a complete dimwit if one told the truth. His favorite jacket to wear was the football jacket the college he attended issued him - mostly cause it was comfortable - and he tended to be surrounded by gaggles of girls (usually due to him helping them with their homework or working on projects together for class).


That day was no different - he and six of his female friends were seated in a cafe discussing the production of a movie they'd all recently seen. It was a habit of their group (since all of them were in some sort of position to do with acting) to go see the newest blockbuster movies together then essentially rip apart the movies afterwards in a nearby cafe. They'd go over everything from the acting quality to the scripting to the special effects. The current movie they were discussing was "Waiting For Rain", which, though popular actually left a lot to be desired with them.

"I do believe my favorite part was when the one chick got shot. She had a reaaaaaaaally annoying voice." Jamie 'Freckles' McGee said calmly, taking a sip of her coffee.

"She only had two lines!" one of the other girls intoned with a slightly annoyed voice.

"Two lines too many, in my opinion. Ain't I right, Jeri?" Freckles asked, tapping the jock guy on the arm. He'd been quietly drinking his cocoa till that point and had no real interest in speaking.

Jamie turned around and half jumped in her seat. "God! It's the annoying b***h! DO NOT SPEAK! SERIOUSLY! THE ANNOYING WILL BE OVERWHELMING!" The way Freckles' tone went up when she spoke, the high nasal-squeak her voice possessed, and her rather unattractive face revealed the real reason for her criticism. Jamie was jealous - she was almost always rejected even for character acting and had a horribly annoying voice, so she was often critical of others who had similar faults.


Jericho shook his head a bit. "No need to be rude, McGee." he said queitly, not really looking up from his cocoa.

Jericho noted the lack of seats in the area and stood, motioning to his spot for the woman. He was getting bored of the discussion anyway. Jamie was a lot less constructive with her criticisms when Melissa wasn't around to keep her in check, and Lissa had a cold that week.

"Take my seat." he offered calmly.

Jericho just shrugged and turned to his table. "Did anyone want refills, while I'm up?"

A few of the girls nodded and handed him their cups with huge smiles but he just nodded at that before going to get the drinks. It was when he returned that Jamie spoke again.

"Jericho, why the hell did you go and offer her a seat here? She's not part of the group!"

"So? There weren't any others and I was getting ready to get a final round and head out anyway."

"God, Jericho, I do not know how you can be polite to such people." Freckles grumbled, turning up her rather large nose with a sniff.


"Easily. I'm used to dealing with you." the young man's voice had taken on a slight growl in tone, as he finished handing out the cups and stood up to his full, large height. "You do realize, McGee, that most of us only put up with you because of your sister, and your closed minded idiocy is actually quite irksome to the rest of the group. So if you want to keep hanging out with the rest of us, particularly when Melissa isn't here, I would suggest shutting your pompous little piehole and listening for a change. It might fill your empty head."

and with that he was walking out the door. The other girls would be following him - they weren't half as stupid as Jamie and actually agreed fully with him - but they had to finish their drinks and had rides to wait for.

Jericho knew nothing of this lady. He wasn't a huge critic of acting and apart from having seen her in a few movie roles, didn't know her from Adam's house cat. But Jamie was a b***h and bitchy people pissed him off. But that didn't really explain to him why she was thanking him.


"Um...you're welcome?" he said with a shrug.

Jericho raised an eyebrow. "Um........okay. Well that was odd." he mumbled. "Why exactly are you upset with me?" he asked the woman, reaching out and stopping her for a second. It bothered him not knowing why he was in trouble, particularly with people he barely knew.